Jim Toomey

Infobox Comics creator
name = Jim Toomey


caption =
birthname = James Patrick Toomey
birthdate = birth date and age|1960|12|26
location = Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
nationality = American
occupation = Cartoonist
notable works = Sherman's Lagoon"
yearsactive = 1991–present
spouse = Valerie Lefort (1998—present)

James Patrick Toomey (born 26 December 1960 in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American syndicated cartoonist. Toomey received his B.S.E. from Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering in 1983, an M.L.A. from Stanford University in 1995, and a Master's of Environmental Management from the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences in 2008.

His cartoon strip, Sherman's Lagoon, is distributed by King Features Syndicate, and appears in over 250 newspapers in North America and in over 30 foreign countries.

Creative Works

Yarns and Shanties - Sep. 2007
Planet of the Hairless Beach Apes - Sep. 2006
In Shark Years I'm Dead - March 2006
A Day at the Beach - March 2005
Surfer Safari - Sep. 2005
Catch of the Day - Sep. 2004
Shark Diaries - Sep. 2003
A Lagoa de Sherman - Sep. 2003 (Spanish)
Le Lagon de Sherman - Sep. 2003 (French)
Greatest Hits & Near Misses - Sep. 2002
Surf's Up - March 2003
Greetings from Sherman's Lagoon - March 2002
Another Day in Paradise - Sep. 2001
Poodle: The Other White Meat - March 1999
An Illustrated Guide to Shark Etiquette - Sep. 2000
Ate That, What's Next? - Sep. 1997
Lagunen - Sep. 1996 (Norwegian)
Sigges Lagun - Sep. 1994 (Swedish)
50 Ways to Save the Ocean (illustrator; written by David Helvarg)

External links

[http://www.slagoon.com/ Sherman's Lagoon website]
[http://www.bluefront.org/ Blue Frontier website]
[http://www.youtube.com/v/JbgEGWB2q74&hl=en 10-minute Sea Turtle Documentary]